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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-21874
CVE-2022-21874:
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Overview
CVE-2022-21874 is a Windows Security Center API Remote Code Execution Vulnerability disclosed on January 11, 2022. The vulnerability affects multiple Windows versions including Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server editions (NVD, MITRE).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (Critical), with an impact score of 5.9 and exploitability score of 3.9. The attack vector is Network-based (AV:N), requires low attack complexity (AC:L), needs no privileges (PR:N), and requires no user interaction (UI:N). The scope is unchanged (S:U), with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H) (AttackerKB).
Impact
The vulnerability has high severity ratings across confidentiality, integrity, and availability. If successfully exploited, it could potentially give attackers high-level access to affected systems (AttackerKB).
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